Over the late May bank holiday weekend twenty four National Swallows enjoyed sparkling one design racing at Itchenor Sailing Club as the perfect build up to Anniversary Championships. The Norman Moore trophy is the unofficial in-harbour class championship. The depth of talent on show was reflected in the results, where neither the current National Champion nor last year's winner made it to the podium.
The racing on both days was held in a shifting north easterly breeze keeping all the competitors on their toes. Carolyn Brigg's Marengo secured the first race by a huge margin and went on to another convincing win in race three making her the overnight leader but Osprey, helmed by James Hartley, after a difficult first race, was hot on their tails with a win in race two.
On Sunday the north easterly breeze was stronger, but just as shifty. Hugo Fisher and Nigel Masding's Svala maintained their consistency never dropping out of the top three and Mike Wigmore's Gwaihir kept the pressure on with another second in race four but, in the end, it was Osprey that moved up to another gear to take the last two races, and with that the coveted Norman Moore trophy.
Completing the podium was Buccaneer S66 built by Mike Bond in 1978 and skillfully sailed by him this weekend showing that neither a brand new boat nor a brand new helm is required to do well in this classic dayboat class.
Overall Results:
Pos Boat Name Sail No Owner/Syndicate R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Pts
1st Osprey 95 James Hartley ‑7 1 2 1 1 5
2nd Svala 89 Hugo Fisher 3 2 ‑4 3 2 10
3rd Marengo 82 Carolyn Brigg 1 3 1 6 ‑9 11
4th Gwaihir 93 Mike Wigmore 2 6 ‑8 2 4 14
5th Buccaneer 66 Mike Bond 4 ‑13 6 5 7 22
6th Solitude 67 Andrew Reid Roger Roberts 6 7 ‑9 4 6 23
7th Spectre 91 Adrian Fisk 5 (DSQ) 3 11 8 27
8th Swift 7 John Perry 10 5 5 13 (DNC) 33
9th Ghost 96 Philip Swatman ‑11 8 7 7 11 33
10th Bluff 64 Nick Warner 14 ‑17 14 12 3 43
11th Migrant 86 Charles Fisher 8 12 12 14 (DNC) 46
12th Curlew 100% 70 James Baron 13 (DSQ) 11 17 13 54
13th Echo 87 Simon Miller Charles Hindson 15 9 16 16 (DNC) 56
14th Ptarmigan 68 Alistair Impey 16 15 13 ‑19 12 56
15th Kansu 83 Jamie Birkett (DSQ) 10 10 15 DNC 60
16th Meridian 77 Andy Fitzgerald Simon Slater (DNC) DNC DNC 10 5 65
17th Blue Tit 80 Paul Giles 12 4 (RET) DNC DNC 66
18th Goosander 81 Tim Taylor (DNC) DNC DNC 8 10 68
19th Peregrine 84 Robert & Clare Sharpe 9 11 (RET) DNC DNC 70
20th Whimbrel 60 Peter Snell (RET) 14 15 DNC DNC 79
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